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Originally Posted by HOOT
Or things have changed when it comes to honoring players who played in the league. One player can only do so much with their ice time, ask McDavid.
There has been 175 jersey retirements in the NHL and only six had their jersey retired in the first 43 years of the league, 11 in the first 60 of the league. The next 48 years? 164! That's 94% of all jersey retirements in the last half century.
Since the year 2000, when 99 was retired around the league, there have been 118 retired jerseys. Over 2/3rd of all jersey retirements have happened in the past quarter century.
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Since 2000, of those 118, how many are Cup Champs?
IF, and ONLY IF, Backlund retires a Flame, I'd be in favor of his Flames jersey being retired. It's more about what a player for his franchise and community, than it is about what he does amongst the entire hockey landscape.
What a player does relative to every other elite hockey player on the planet is what the Hockey Hall of Fame is for.